115 Squadron's Vickers Wellington Ic (#R1517) bomber aircraft, with an aircrew of seven, took off from RAF Marham on a day-time air test flight. R1517 crashed at Sporle, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, taking the lives of five members of the crew and injuring the two others, one of whom died of the serious injuries he's sustained in the crash.
The airmen who perished in this accident were-
RAFVR Pilot Officer Alastair Boyd BROWN,
RCAF Sergeant Robert Owen DOCKING,
RAF Pilot Officer Amery Yeo EVANS,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant John Ronald HURT and
RAFVR Aircraftman 2nd Class Alfred SMITH.
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-
Military Service:-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Pilot
Service Number: R/59295
Age: 21
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 115 RAF Squadron; RAF Marham, Norfolk
(Motto: 'Despite The Elements')
An assistant agent (Canadian Pacific Railway) by trade, residing in Minnedosa, Manitoba, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 21 June 1940 in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Son of Clifford Roy and Lillian/Lilly (née Murray) Docking of Minnedosa.
Sergeant Robert Owen Docking is commemorated on Page 28 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
115 Squadron's Vickers Wellington Ic (#R1517) bomber aircraft, with an aircrew of seven, took off from RAF Marham on a day-time air test flight. R1517 crashed at Sporle, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, taking the lives of five members of the crew and injuring the two others, one of whom died of the serious injuries he's sustained in the crash.
The airmen who perished in this accident were-
RAFVR Pilot Officer Alastair Boyd BROWN,
RCAF Sergeant Robert Owen DOCKING,
RAF Pilot Officer Amery Yeo EVANS,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant John Ronald HURT and
RAFVR Aircraftman 2nd Class Alfred SMITH.
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-
Military Service:-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Pilot
Service Number: R/59295
Age: 21
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 115 RAF Squadron; RAF Marham, Norfolk
(Motto: 'Despite The Elements')
An assistant agent (Canadian Pacific Railway) by trade, residing in Minnedosa, Manitoba, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 21 June 1940 in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Son of Clifford Roy and Lillian/Lilly (née Murray) Docking of Minnedosa.
Sergeant Robert Owen Docking is commemorated on Page 28 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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